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    Family III :: "Family" is a history of moments shared...
    Foliage VII :: Hillside and Pond, Vermont 2023
    Beginnings :: 2014: It BEGAN with a BRRRRR!
    Urban Landscapes VII (ARCHIVAL) :: Porthleven Harbor, Cornwall
    Tall!!! II :: Mayflower II at Daybreak
    Planes, Trains and Automobiles III :: The Volkswagen Graveyard
    Beds & Sofas & Chairs :: Ice Cream Daze
    Framing VI :: Evening Rest
    Time Capsule II :: We called them "Swans", and they were beautiful!
    Emptiness III :: Night Parking
    Postage Stamp :: Celebrating New England's Maritime Heritage
    Road II :: The Rotary
    Holy Places III :: The Village Church
    Feast III :: Turkey enough for 48 days?
    The People Next Door :: The Good Listener
    Portrait Without Eyes :: Bad Dream
    Breaking the Rules :: "Avoid centering your subject"
    Image Grain IV :: November Mist, Daybreak
    Flora IV :: Chrysanthemums
    Tis the Season for Feasting! :: Christmas Cheeseboard at the Inn
    Rural Landscape III :: Overflight
    Silent Night :: On a cold winter's night that was so deep...
    Bridges VII (ARCHIVAL) :: Peace, Love, & Joy : Xmas 2021
    Movies II :: Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds"
    DPC 20th Anniversary :: 20
    The Mail :: The Daily Withdrawal
    Phobia II :: Scotomaphobia — When my sight fails, how will I see to hear?
    Bear Music (ARCHIVAL) :: There's Music in the Old Bear yet!
    Water II :: Flood Tide & Cattails — Sunset
    Fences IV :: Dune Fence & Tide Flats, Early Spring
    Wide Open Spaces III :: Sunset off Nova Scotia
    When the moon is in the day sky :: MoonDay
    Science V :: Through Science, Green Energy & Agriculture Coexist.
    Tools of the Trade: the Great Outdoors :: u n t i t l e d
    Low Contrast :: Catboat in the Evening Mist
    Yellow VII (ARCHIVAL) :: u n t i t l e d
    Convenience/Grocery Store :: Energy now — No crash later!
    The Username Challenge III :: CapeCodDreams
    Hands II :: Marc at His Lathe — 2017
    Day Taken At Night :: The Bridge to the Eastern Shore
    Churches III :: First Congregational Church, 1747
    Point of View Diptych :: Subject / Verb
    Landscape / Cityscape / Waterscape III :: North Woods Sunset
    Clouds IV :: Clearing Storm, Early Autumn
    Holiday Lights :: A New England Christmas
    Free Study 2013-11 :: Early Snowfall
    Parks :: Boathouse, Salt Creek, Cape Cod National Seashore
    The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread :: "Community-Based Solar Power is..."
    White & Blue :: Object 'A' (& the sky so blue)
    Back To School IV :: The Old Schoolhouse (circa 1869)
    Sign of the Times :: The Pandemic Beard
    Lego III (ARCHIVAL) :: Mountain Jeep
    One last thing before I go to bed... :: every night : every where
    Granular III :: Salt of the Earth
    Image Grain X :: ...against the dying of the light...
    Surfaces and Facades (ARCHIVAL) :: Bugatti
    New Happiness :: Portlight & Loadline
    Tools of the Trade III :: Latest Tools of the Longshoreman's Trade: Cranes & Containers
    Graveyard II :: Halifax Village Burying Ground
    Grunge IV :: Woebegone Westfalia
    On the Road IV :: Stormy Afternoon in Roxbury
    Effects of Water :: Buoy 201
    Subject in Another Room II :: Christmas Eve at the Museum
    Color - Pick One :: ColorBurst
    Rivers & Streams :: Herring River, Clearing Storm
    Grown-Up Toys :: Old Toys are the BEST Toys — Crosby Catboat, circa 1900
    Landscape / Cityscape / Waterscape IV :: Midwinter Thaw, Jones River
    Wabi Sabi IV :: Juliet
    Landscape in Portrait Orientation IV :: Early Autumn in Vermont
    Long Shadows :: Mayflower II
    Mid-Day Sun II :: Cloud Shadows & Salt Marsh, Midday Light
    Self Portrait XI :: u n t i t l e d
    Landscape Layering :: Indian Summer, Riverbend
    Autumn :: Evening Light
    Camera Phone Free Study II :: Day Lily, Summer Evening
    Nine II :: Dinghies at Stage Harbor
    People at Work II :: Ashley Stevens, Optometrist
    Serpentine II :: Tidal Marsh, Bluefish River
    Sky :: Winter Sunset
    Fireworks II :: • First Night, 2007 •
    Orderly :: Buses Only
    Strength II :: untitled
    Transportation V :: Merge
    Flowers for Sherpet :: Dahlia for Shez
    Proportion II :: Condor, Clearing Storm, Point Sur
    Freedom III :: Emergence
    Beauty In The Everyday II :: m u d f l a t / s u n s e t
    Circle VII :: Monocle
    Were You Fooled? :: At 7:23 AM I stumbled out of bed to this and thought we were on fire...
    4:00-5:00 a.m. II :: Passing Squall, Herring River
    Minimalism :: Skiff at Sunset — Stage Harbor
    Dichotomy II :: Growth/Decay
    In the Style of Streetpigeon :: Gesture (a dog's reach should exceed its grasp)
    B/W Landscape II :: Dune Fence, Chapin Beach
    People Sitting :: Bringing Her Home
    City/Town/Village/Hamlet/scape II :: Our Green Retreat in Cranberry Country
    Four II :: The Harvest
    Tools II :: Breaking the Molds
    Sports V :: Skiing the Treeline
    Rejects :: This accidental drone shot was never meant to see the light of day :-)
    A Tribute to Stephen Hawking :: d e p a r t u r e
    Abandoned VI :: Mr. Meservey's Treasure
    Architectural Details :: Atrium
    Plants in B/W :: Anthurium Andraeanum
    Wide Angle IV :: Harbor, New Bedford
    Highways & Byways II :: Savery's Ave. : 1st Divided Highway in America, 1861
    Wildlife V :: Herring Gulls, Orchard Beach
    Shapes VIII :: Blocks & Pipes
    Mug Shot II :: 20180322 - ZW 13796 SJ
    Perspective IX :: The Möbius Bridge
    Object Isolation by Contrast II :: Homeward Bound
    Beauty in the Details :: Winter Grasses, Evening Light
    Farm or Construction Equipment :: Raptor
    Self-Portrait XII :: untitled
    Bridges VI :: Fog & Pelicans at the Golden Gate
    My Drug :: Lighthouses are my passion: tone mapping is my drug...
    Posthumous Ribbon :: "The Parliament of Birds"
    Flora At Night :: Midnight Masquerade
    Double Take III :: Morning Mist
    Autumn II :: These dark days of autumn rain / are beautiful as days can be.
    Shadows VI :: Dune Fence, Lighthouse Beach
    Celebration II :: Taking the Polar Bear Plunge — 01/01/2012
    Urban Exploration Photography :: Abandoned Cordage Mill
    Water VI :: "Water will find its way..." : Salt Marsh in Autumn
    Cuteness :: Pet Therapy at the Council on Aging
    Before And After Self Portrait :: o v e r s i g h t
    Free Study 2021-03 :: Dune Fence & Surf, Early Spring
    Body of Water III :: Tracy Arm Fjord, South Sawyer Glacier
    Honorable Mentions
    Anagram :: They See (The Eyes)
    Medical II :: The Visiting Nurse
    Horror II :: Autopsy
    Environmental Portrait :: Jim Talin, Master Bookbinder
    Automotive Detail III :: Maserati in the Rain
    Technically Flawed II :: West End Sunset
    Image Without Subject II :: no title
    Decisions III :: A Weighty Decision @ Quintal's Farm Stand
    No-Sky Landscape III :: The Bog
    Warmth :: Down on the marsh, in January, we call this warm!
    Shoes III :: Barefoot in the Dunes at Sunset
    A Fork in the Road :: Middle of the Road
    Trivial Pursuits :: Toyota FJ 40: a work in progress...
    Fences VII :: The Burying Ground
    Juxtaposed III :: Sandpit & Cranberry Bog, Midsummer
    Human Body Macro (No Eyes) :: Vanity of Vanities
    Good Morning! :: Farm Fresh & Sunnyside Up!
    Dairy IV :: How the Other Half Cheeses: Formaggio Kitchen
    Fat Pillow Thin Pillow :: Why settle for either when you can have it all?
    Suburbia II :: COMING SOON! To a Neighborhood Woodland Near You!
    Woody III :: Good Morning, Sunshine!
    All Alone II :: S Q U A L L
    Coin Slot :: Turn to Clear Vision — 25¢
    Point, Pointer, Pointed, Pointless :: West Pointer
    Natural Body of Water :: Estuary at Daybreak
    Landscape or Seascape :: View of Bixby Creek from Hurricane Point
    Junque :: The Bat Fisherman
    Classic Novels II :: "A Wrinkle in Time" : Madeleine L'Engle
    Abstract in Color :: m i d w a y
    Distracting Elements :: Oh, Rats!
    Pareidolia II :: The Witnesses
    Insides of Things :: Rub-a-Dub
    Ducky :: Laughing at the demons of her past, Duckie returns to the slough where she was born.
    Your Corner of the World IV :: Sundown at the Icehouse
    Tarot Card :: The Sun
    Self Portrait Without People III :: I *AM* this place — the flooding marsh, the arch of sky entire...
    In The Style Of: Bear_Music :: The Bridge to Skunk Island
    Landscape or Seascape III :: Abandoned Lobster Pier, Penobscot Bay
    Connection :: Connecting With the Past
    Science IV :: Meterology: The Science & Study of Weather — Paco, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
    Textures VII :: Hosta in Winter
    Your Final Entry (December 21, 2012) :: 12/21/12 — the Final Ebb
    HDR III :: Red Skiff, Blue Skiff, Geese Foraging in the Morning Mist...
    Minimalism V :: Winter Light, Evening Calm
    Groups of Things :: Trawlers & Purse Seiners, New Bedford
    Procrastination :: This Year: Patch, Paint & Float the Boat...
    Extended Free Study 2022-11 :: Winter Ebb
    All is Calm :: Winter Calm, Evening Light
    Free Study XIII :: View from Ecola Point, Sunset
    No-Sky Landscape V :: Cranberry Bog, Pump House, Midwinter Thaw
    Off With Their Head! :: Pulp Fiction
    Show Us Your Morning II :: Harbor Daybreak
    Fire or Ice :: Cranberry Bogs in Midwinter
    Emotion II :: Annoyance
    Literary Adventure :: "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" — Milan Kundera
    Air :: The Air up There : Daybreak at 36,000 Feet
    Through the Eyes of a Child :: Birthday Hell
    My Left Foot :: Angle of Repose
    Fast Food II (ARCHIVAL) :: Ready to Roll : Chorizo & Rice Burrito
    Sunset or Sunrise III :: Stormset
    Pi(e) Day II :: Tropical Blueberry Pie
    Off Color :: The Cuckoo's Calling
    Rooftops :: Copper Roofing, Buckfast Abbey, Devon, UK
    Negative Image IV :: Summer at the Shore
    Wide Angle VI :: Dave's Diner
    Clouds Only II (ARCHIVAL) :: Crepuscular Sunset
    Red IX :: Summer's Bounty
    Your Corner of the World V :: Sunset Over the Bogs
    Still Life IX :: The Remains of the Peas
    Biology II :: Invasive Species: Japanese Beetles Munching on our Basil
    DIY Google Street View :: 293 Bay Drive, Heading East
    Mucking About With Boats IV :: The Kayak and the Raft
    Leaks :: They don't come any leakier than this :-)
    Visual Puns III :: Buccaneer
    Feast VI :: It went down good :-)
    ENERGY :: WIND
    Ice III :: Icemaker
    Shoot the Moon :: Full Moon Across the Bar
    Dwellings II :: Digging Out
    Death :: The Long, Bleak Sleep, the Winter of the Bones
    Perspective VII :: Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge, 1933
    Calendar III :: Clearing Fog, Early June, Pt. Reyes National Seashore
    Photoshop Terms III :: Cloning
    Beatles Song/Lyrics II :: It seems like years since it's been clear; here comes the sun...
    Free Study 2016-09 :: Black Sands Basin, Yellowstone
    Best of 2020 :: Evening Glow, Nauset Marsh
    Growing Things :: The Living & the Dead (Pines & Algae)
    Bovine III (Archival) :: Highland Bull, Exmoor
    Light on White VIII :: Bowl, Beans, Baby Bok Choy
    Barns, Farms or Rural Countrysides :: Hill Country
    Macro XII :: Midwinter Thaw
    After Man :: Limulus Polyphemus — a living fossil that will endure.
    DPChallenge User Portrait II :: NotAnsel
    Early to Rise :: Daybreak, Penobscot Bay
    Monuments II :: The Bridge of Sighs
    Body Parts III :: Infusion
    Parallel Lines III :: Old Colony Mall
    Bits & Pieces :: Mudflat, Pebbles, Shells — Sundown
    Thingie on Thingie :: Twilight
    DPChallenge User Portrait :: Whiterook
    Forced Perspective :: "Perfect Data" : The landscape photographer's secret.
    Free Study 2011-12 :: The Oysterman
    Free Study 2025-05 :: Evening Fog, Rockport
    Cardboard Box II :: Jimmy, is that YOU?!!!
    Textures & Materials II (ARCHIVAL) :: Surfaces
    Lens Flare III :: Hospital Dawn, Day 1 of 12
    Decay :: The Cellar Door
    Abstract in Color II (ARCHIVAL) :: Autumn Colors
    Outside At Night :: Nightscape
    In The Spirit Of: docpjv :: Winter Ebb
    In The Style Of: Art Roflmao :: Godzie the Riveter
    DNMC :: The April Fool
    User Profile
    Name: Robert Ward Age: 78
    Username: Bear_Music
    		 Gender: M
    Type: Administrator Location: North Carver, Massachusetts
    Cameras: Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
    Canon Powershot SX70 HS
    DJI Mavic 3
    DJI Mavic Air 2
    Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
    Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra
    Samsung Galaxy S7
    Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+
    Sony Alpha a7
    Sony Alpha a7 II
    Sony Alpha a7R
    		 Lenses: Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS
    Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
    Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye
    DJI Mavic Air 2 4.5mm f/2,8 (fixed, 24mm equiv)
    Hasselblad 24mm f/2.8 for Mavic 3 (equivalent)
    Lensbaby Double Glass Optic
    Lensbaby Pinhole Optic
    Lensbaby Plastic Optic
    Lensbaby Single Glass Optic
    Sony 16-35mm f/4 Vario-Tessar T* FE ZA OSS Lens
    Sony FE 70-200mm f/4.0 G OSS Lens
    Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
    Registered: Dec. 18th 2004
    Referral link: https://www.dpchallenge.com/subscribe.php?ref=Bear_Music
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    Biography: Art Bling!
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    Proud to have finished in the Top 10 in the 2011 and 2012 "Points & Ribbons" race:

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    The first-ever Flying Pig! from PixelPig:

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    Signature: Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed :-)

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